On Saturday, August, 20th, 2016 at approximately 02:00 PM, resident Ung Gi Koh went out to the Reed front lawn to meet the Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority Administration Bus that resident Koh thought he left his keys and ID card on. Resident Koh saw the bus leaving and chased after it. While doing so, resident Koh tripped over a fire-hydrant. Two days later resident Koh went to Burke Urgent Care at approximately 5:00 PM. They gave him an ice pack to place on his ankle.…
S- Valley Baptist responded to a call of motor vehicle accident. The 24 year old male that had injuries on his body. The paramedic greeted us to the patient while they escorted him to the room. O- The nurses and I DCAP-TLS and expose him with sheers as i did my patient assessment.…
According to Witnesses, Office Manager, Elizabeth Duarte and Payroll Clerk, Liz Sanchez the Claimant was identified as General Labor Worker, where she was assigned to work at Sundate LLC, (Date Farm), when she first started working there on 3/16/16 up until her last day of work on 5/2/2016. On DOL: 4/20/2016, both Duarte and Sanchez were notified by the Claimant’s Supervisor/Witness Guadalupe Zazueta of the claimant's alleged injuries after the claimant slipped and fell on a single pair of stairs that led out from the Warehouse during her lunch break. Ms. Zazueta said the claimant complained of pain to her bilateral wrists, elbows and her left knee and ankle.…
On 10/11/2015 SO EMT Perez was dispatched to MG-115 regaurding a fall. SO EMT Perez knocked and announced his presence at the door, and when he received no answer he began to search the apartment. SO EMT Perez found the resident, a Mrs. Patricia Flick on her bedroom floor in a seated position by her bed. Mrs. Patricia Flick slid out of her bed and onto the floor and is unable to get herself up and requested assistance from a security personell. S/O EMT Perez asked Mrs. Patricia Flick if she was hurt or in any more pain usual which she denied.…
On Thursday, 07/07/2016, at approximately 16:23 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was requested by Corporal Shane Zeboski to assist him at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale emergency room because a 12 year old female was allegedly sexually assaulted and was willing to speak to a female officer. I arrived at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale at approximately 16:41 hours. I met with Cpl. Zeboski in the emergency room. Cpl.…
Susan Briley reported an OTJI by email on 11/10/16 around 11:18 pm. Within the email Susan stated that she heard something fall and checked outside and noticed Lena laying on the floor near the breakroom entrance. Susan stated that Lena was complaining of pain on her knee and shoulder. On 11/11/16, I contacted Lena to check on her status and to investigate how the accident occurred. Lena stated that she had gone to the bathroom and clocked out and came back into the Dispatch office to gather her things and as she was walking by the breakroom she fell.…
IRTC observed documentation entered in Connections on 5/8/17 by CPS, Nichole Stuart, which depicts that CPS observed the subject child on 5/3/17. Subject child was observed with an injury to her ear which no one except subject child, Sophia, was able to provide an explanation; Sophia informed CPS that Xavier “fell and hit his face.” CPS is to assess the validity of Sophia statement and obtain any medical information regarding the injury. If it is deemed that it was inflicted by another person (adult or child) and it was a serious injury, CPS is to contact IRTC or an IRTC at ECS (after hours) for a case reassessment.…
A 35-year-old Caucasian male came to the hospital by Life-Flight after sustaining a compound fracture to the left leg below the knee. Upon the paramedic’s arrival, the patient explained that he was hiking and fell down a hill, injuring his left leg in the process. The patient wrapped the leg with a shirt in an attempt to stop the bleeding, and also to stabilize the fracture. According to the patient, he began to have intense pain at the site of injury hours after the incident (Pietrangelo, 2012). Additionally, after the injury he suffered from a rapid heart rate, severe swelling and pale skin (Pietrangelo, 2012).…
Reporting party (RP) stated that on 7/18/17, she was contacted by staff due to an incident involving her daugher Olivia Quilles (DOB: 09/18/14). When RP arrived at the school, the director disclosed that the child's hand was slammed in the door while the children were standing in line to go outside. It was reported that the teacher turned her back for a second and the children starting exiting the building and the door leading to the playground was slammed onto the child's hand. RP immediately took the child to Kaiser where is was determined that she sustained a fracture on the right hand and one of her fingers (from the wrist down). The child will be in a cast for the next 8 weeks.…
The lack of supervision on the school playground which made the principal and the school district liable for the injuries sustained. The Mt. Zion Hospital was obligated by law to provide timely care and to stabilize Kelly. Kelly should have never been sent home if he was still showing signs of a head injury. It was unfortunate that there was a miscommunication in the admitting department. The quality of any patients’ health requires the collaboration across.…
Thank you for your response Jerry. For many, the distress comes from trying to make the target cross sells that is required to maintain employment. This include cross selling while the caller is in distress, which is difficult for most of us. One approach to resolve the issue is to make the demands more reasonable.…
My case review I have researched is a little boy who died in March 2012 aged 4years and 8 months. He died from a blow to the head but had suffered months of abuse prior to his death. He had been systematically deprived of food, fed salt, locked in a room and physically abused. He had numerous injuries at the time of death as well as the head injury which was the cause of death. Daniels mother and her partner were convicted of his murder.…
In continuation of risk factors, the employees’ failure to report a spill caused an occurrence of a Never Event, resulting in the fall of a patient whilst in a hospital setting. The strong litigation language of never events could result in the application of a strict liability standard […] medical liability, costs the nation between $76 billion and $102 billion per year in defensive medicine. For example, consider the case of a patient who falls […] total hip replacement. Under CMS guidelines, falls in a hospital are never events, because CMS believes that they should be preventable with due diligence. (Garrison LF and Labban AJ., 2008).…
Calls for medical help for Parker were delayed and they did not arrive on scene for twenty to twenty-five minutes after Parker was stunned. Parker was riding his bike trying to improve his health, and he ended up…
Unfortunately because of the fall the patient suffered small bruise in the forehead but there was no bone injury. • Analyse and briefly describe what the experience meant to you Based on my analysis, the situation can be prevented if the patient was assessed properly and if there was a good communication between the nurse and the patient. Furthermore, the experience I encountered is also a mind opening to me that nurses should not be task oriented but rather patient centred (Peate, Wilkd, & Nair, 2014). I should be more aware of the risk of falls.…